Excerpt from the Wright State Guardian
Wright State’s Counseling and Wellness Services (CWS) has experienced a lot of change since the spring 2023 semester. Now, there are new staff members, including a new therapist and a new director.
On Monday, Oct. 16, the new director, Barb Marsh, started working at CWS. Dr. Marsh and College of Health, Education and Human Services Dean Jim Denniston will be the key representatives working alongside the JED Foundation to help improve mental health campus-wide.
Along with Denniston and Marsh, the mental health task force is working to improve mental health on campus.
On Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, Tom Rathbun started working for CWS. Rathbun attended Wright State for his undergraduate degree and his master’s in recent years and worked for Wittenberg University prior to his position at Wright State. Rathbun has been licensed for a year now and is excited to see where this position will take him.
While Rathbun was not here for the majority of the changes, he recognizes that change can create difficulty, but it can also allow for new and potentially better things to take the place of the old. Rathbun wants to stress how important it is to take mental health seriously, especially for college-aged students.
Rathbun is passionate about helping students throughout college but especially during the transitional period between high school and college. Rathbun loves the community aspect that CWS has and the opportunity for growth at Wright State. Since he attended WSU recently, Rathbun understands what it is like to be a college student at Wright State.
